I hope it ends well for this guy, and he gets his release soon. However, it sometimes appears that the Brits, and for that matter, other Western nation citizens, move around the globe with a view that their idea of reality/democracy/decency/how to do things, is the way and manner in which everyone around the globe behaves
The reality is that vast tracks of our planet, if not totally lawless, certainly are pretty dangerous places to be, whether it be working, or a tourist. I would have thought that Central Africa, and North of that, would raise the game of any Westerner, and that the daily motto of 'let your watchword be take care', would kick in extra hard.